East Bengal suffered their first defeat in the Kolkata League. They had to lose to Mahamedan in the mini derby. Had to lose 2-1. East Bengal suffered their first defeat in the Kolkata League. They had to lose to Mahamedan in the mini derby. Had to lose 2-1.
This time East Bengal is one of the strongest teams in the Kolkata League. Entered the Super Six without losing a single match in the group stage. And in the first match of the Super Six, the rhythm fell. Red Yellow lost to Mahamedan in the mini derby. Bino George fielded 6 ISL players in this match. That's why he lost. The new team had to pay the price of relegation. Mahamedan had to lose 2-1. Nandakumar scored only one goal for Red Yellow. On the other hand, David scored two goals for Mahamedan.
On this day, from the beginning of the match, white and black started playing. Bino George had no plans to stop David Ramsonga from rocking the Calcutta League and Durand Cup. Mahamedan scored in the first 5 minutes of the match. David scored a cross. Then Tanmoy Ghosh, Vikas Singha continued to show power in the midfield. Red and yellow could not prevent the middle ground of white and black. As a result, Mahamedan got the second goal in 38 minutes. The goal comes from David's skill.
After conceding two goals, East Bengal became quite disorganized. They seem to have problems. This is how the first half ended. In the second minute, Red Yellow scored a goal. Souvik Chakraborty took the penalty in 55 minutes. Although this penalty is controversial, it goes in favor of red and yellow. And Nandakumar, the hero of East Bengal, scored from the penalty in the derby. But it was not enough.
Despite playing goals, white and black did not lose from the match. Instead goes to strengthen the defense. In this opportunity, East Bengal started to attack one after another. However, Mahamedan could not open the gate. If they could have shown the game that East Bengal showed in the second half in the first half, the result of the match might have gone in favor of the red and yellow. However, there was a lack of goalscorers in red and yellow throughout the match. There was a lack of understanding between the players as several changes were made to the starting XI in this match. East Bengal paid the price.
The red and yellow players lost their temper after not being able to repay the goal towards the end of the match. After the match, the players of the two teams got involved in a fight. However, before the situation worsened, the match officials, the managers of the two teams went and separated the players.
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